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Topic: Saturn V NASA Manned Flight Awareness medal
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Mike_The_First Member Posts: 436 From: USA Registered: Jun 2014
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posted 07-19-2015 08:52 AM
Can someone tell me more about the Saturn V Launch Tower MFA medallion? Specifically the year of issue and the source of the launch tower metal. Thanks!Also, do they fit in the Air-Tite x38mm holder? |
tnperri Member Posts: 452 From: Malvern, Ohio Registered: Jun 2011
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posted 07-19-2015 09:12 AM
I believe these are not Manned/Spaceflight Awareness medals (were not issued by that specific office just by NASA in general) and I believe it to be 38mm. - Apollo 30th Anniversary (Aluminum)
Year: 1999 Mint/Issuer: Galaxy Medals, Inc. Mintage: 101,000 Historical metal: metal from a Saturn V launch tower - Apollo 30th Anniversary (Bronze)
Year: 1999 Mint/Issuer: Galaxy Medals, Inc. Mintage: 10,775 Historical metal: metal from a Saturn V launch tower - Apollo 30th Anniversary (Silver)
Year: 1999 Mint/Issuer: Galaxy Medals, Inc. Mintage: 750 Historical metal: metal from a Saturn V launch tower
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Mike_The_First Member Posts: 436 From: USA Registered: Jun 2014
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posted 07-19-2015 09:17 AM
Thank you!Any idea on the specific launch tower or is it like the Apollo 40th where they're as vague as possible and not talking? |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 07-19-2015 09:34 AM
I believe the medals were produced using a small amount of metal from Launch Umbilical Tower-1 (LUT-1), which was still sitting out in the "boneyard" at Kennedy Space Center in 1999 (it has since been all discarded, with the exception of the section restored and preserved in the Apollo/Saturn V Center and gantry arm displayed in the Rocket Garden at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex). |
Mike_The_First Member Posts: 436 From: USA Registered: Jun 2014
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posted 07-19-2015 01:41 PM
Thanks, Robert. I think I'll definitely pursue getting one.What's a good price to pay for an Aluminum one? They don't seem to show up on the open market as often as some of the other pieces, so I'm really not sure how high I should be willing to go to pick one up. |